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== Spell Check ==

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== Other formatting ==

== Other formatting ==

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Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:

Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:

Latest revision as of 18:43, 8 October 2013

This help article will guide you as you edit in the Wiki. See Contributor Help for more help articles.

You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like ''this''.

Text formatting markup

Description

You type

You get

character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere

Italic text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic

'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Escape wiki markup

<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>

no ''markup''

Inserting special characters not found on your keyboard such as: ö (umlaut), £ (pound), and € (euro).

# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two

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twospanning more linesdoesn't break numbering

three

three point one

three point two

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| Definition list

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;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2

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item 1

definition 1

item 2

definition 2-1

definition 2-2

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| Adopting definition list to indent text

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: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent

This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.

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Single indent

Double indent

Multiple indent

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# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
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;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2

The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.

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two

two point one

two point two

three

three item one

three def one

four

four def one

this rather looks like the continuation of # four

often used instead of <br />

five

five sub 1

five sub 1 sub 1

five sub 2

item 1

definition 1-1

definition 1-2

item 2

definition 2-1

definition 2-2

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preformatted text is done with
a '''space''' at the
''beginning'' of the line

This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective.

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preformatted text is done with
a space at the

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Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <br />.

Non-breaking space

A non-breaking space can be used when you require two words to always appear together on the same line. Placing &nbsp; between two words will prevent the two words from being split apart.

HTML

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

Description

You type

You get

character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere

Centered text

<center>Centered text</center>

Centered text

Strikethrough

<del>Strikethrough</del> or <s>Strikethrough</s>

Strikethrough

Fixed width text

<tt>Fixed width text</tt> or <code>source code</code>

Fixed width text or source code

Blockquotes

This is the text before the quote. <blockquote> quote quote quote </blockquote> This is the text after the quote.

Note: The HTML block quote tag does not currently work in this version of the wiki. If the words "quote" are not blockquoted (indented on both sides) on the right, then the tag still does not work.

This is the text before the quote.

quote quote quote

This is the text after the quote.

Comment

<!-- This is a comment -->

Text can only be viewed in the edit window.

Completely preformatted text

<pre>this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre>

this way, all markups are '''ignored'''.

Customized preformatted text

<pre style="CSS text">this way, all markups are '''ignored''' and formatted with a CSS text</pre>

this way for instance, all '''ignored''' markups take into account the navigator size, by automatically adding some carriage returns dynamically to it.

Spell Check

While in the wiki text view, any text that is underlined in red should be reviewed for accuracy of spelling, right click for choices.

Other formatting

Questions?Visit the Get Help to receive help with contributing to the Wiki.

Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: